Who should be the favorites now in the East, the Cavs or the Celtics? Her reticence about making predictions notwithstanding, who is currently set up the best for the future: the Bucks, the 76ers, or the Knicks?

How difficult it is to see anybody knocking off the Warriors if their stars have functional limbs.

How to maintain cordial relationships with interview subjects — like LeBron, for example — while objectively analyzing their performance and behavior.

How Rachel and her production staff distill all of the games, stories, and social media fodder of the NBA into a daily half-hour show.

Whether the NBA could feasibly catch the NFL in revenue in the next 15 years, and the biggest issues she observes about the NFL going forward.